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The organizers of the International Design Award (IDA) set a high priority on the protection of personal data. All IDA activities are carried out in compliance with applicable law on the protection of personal data and data security. The following text explains what personal data we collect and how we protect it.

Personal data

When you register for the International Design Award you supply certain items of personal data to the IDA organizers. Personal data is information regarding your identity (eg, name, address, telephone number or e-mail address). By registering, you consent to the storage and use of your personal data as described in this statement. You are able to make application for deletion of your personal data at any time - please send an email to info@internationaldesignaward.com.

Use and limitations on use

The IDA organizers use the personal data you supply only for the purposes of the International Design Award. They will neither pass on your personal data to third parties nor market them in any other manner. Other companies in the Hettich or REHAU groups are not third parties in the sense of this statement. Employees of the organizing company groups are obliged to maintain confidentiality.

Automatically collected, non-personal data

When you access our IDA portal, general information not related to you personally is automatically captured (ie, without your registering). This information includes data on the Internet browser, operating system and website domain name you are using, the number of visits to our website, average time spent on the website, the pages called up. We use this information only to improve the attractiveness, content and functionality of our IDA portal.

This website uses etracker technology (www.etracker.com) to collect visitor behavior data. The data is collected anonymously to be used for marketing and optimization purposes. All visitor data is saved using an anonymous user ID and can be used to aggregate a usage profile. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the visitor’s local browser cache. Using such cookies it is possible to recognize the visitor’s browser. The data collected via etracker technology will not be used to determine the personal identity of the website visitor or compiled with personal data pertaining to the user of the pseudonym unless agreed to separately by the person concerned. The collection and storage of data may be revoked at any time with respect to subsequent services.

Security

The IDA organizers take the necessary technical and organizational steps to protect your personal data against falsification, access by unauthorized third parties, loss, destruction or tampering.

Links to other websites

Our IDA portal contains links to the Internet pages of other providers. The IDA organizers are not responsible for the data protection policies or the content of other websites.

Entitlement to information

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data or would like to know which of your data, if any, we have stored through our IDA portal, you are welcome to contact our data protection officer:

Terms of use

1. ApplicabilityUse of the IDA portal is only permitted on the basis of these terms of use. By using the IDA portal you accept the terms of use in their current form.

2. Copyright, industrial property rightsThe IDA organizers reserve all rights in respect of the content (such as text, pictures, sketches, layout) of the IDA portal. This protection applies also to databases and similar facilities. The contents are freely available only for access via the Internet for the purpose intended and may not be copied, passed on, re-used, transferred, stored, altered, disseminated or otherwise used without our prior written approval. The IDA portal may also include content subject to the copyright of the parties supplying the content. Brand names, company logos, product descriptions or images of products appearing on the IDA portal are protected on behalf of the IDA organizers and may therefore not be used by others for their own purposes or in any other way.

3. Liability, virusesAll the contents of our IDA portal pages are carefully checked. Nonetheless, we do not offer any warranty of any kind, either express or implicit, for their correctness, completeness, current validity or fitness for a particular purpose. The organizers accept no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages arising directly or indirectly as a result of using our IDA portal, unless this exclusion is not legal due to wilful damage or gross negligence, or damage to life and limb or health. The organizers have taken great care to ensure that the IDA portal is free of viruses, nonetheless they do not guarantee that it is free of viruses. Before downloading any material from this website, it is the responsibility of the user to protect him/herself and to protect the IDA portal by taking appropriate precautions and using an appropriate virus scanner.

4. LinksThe IDA portal may contain links to third-party websites. The IDA organizers have no control over these third-party websites and accept no responsibility for their legality, correctness or completeness. The links only serve to facilitate access to the information provided by third parties. We expressly point out that we in no way adopt for ourselves the information provided by third parties on their websites.

5. Applicable law, jurisdictionIn visiting our Internet pages, you declare that you agree to the exclusive applicability of German law and renounce the UN's convention on the sale of goods (CISG) in respect of disputes of any kind between you and Hettich. The place of jurisdiction for all disputes is Bünde, Germany.